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Restaurant Elche

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Citorah says

Restaurant Elche sits on Carrer de Vila i Vilà 71, on the Sant Antoni / Poble Sec border, five minutes from Paral·lel (L2/L3) — and it's the closest thing Barcelona has to actually eating paella in Valencia.

From Best Paella in Barcelona 2026 — 10 Places Worth the Metro, under “10. Elche — Sant Antoni / Poble Sec border”.

Wrong for

Solo diners (no way around the two-pax rice minimum), under-€25-a-head budgets, anyone allergic to the look of bone-in rabbit on a plate.

Good to know

Price
around €24-28 per person for the valenciana
Where
Carrer de Vila i Vilà 71
Getting there
five minutes from Paral·lel (L2/L3)
What to order
paella valenciana (rabbit, chicken, green beans, butter beans, no chorizo, no apology)
Price
Two of you with a starter, the rice, water and a glass of Penedès lands €70-90.
Booking
The room isn't huge and the Valencian expat crowd treats Sunday lunch as a fixture; book a week out for any weekend.

As the guide had it on 26 Jun 2026. Check prices and hours with the place itself before you go.

Where it is

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The guide it’s in

  • Barcelona · Food & drink

    Best Paella in Barcelona 2026 — 10 Places Worth the Metro

    Ten Barcelona paella spots worth crossing the city for in 2026 — with prices, dishes, neighbourhoods and the tourist-trap rice we tell you to walk past.

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